{"id":188219,"date":"2026-05-09T20:09:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T20:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/188219\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T20:09:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T20:09:07","slug":"nepa-land-bank-authority-receives-governors-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/188219\/","title":{"rendered":"NEPA Land Bank Authority receives governor\u2019s award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>PITTSTON \u2014 The NEPA Land Bank Authority was selected as a recipient of the 2026 Innovative Community &amp; Governmental Initiatives Award during the 30th Annual Governor\u2019s Awards for Local Government Excellence at Harrisburg, in recognition of its Mod Home Initiative.<\/p>\n<p>The Land Bank\u2019s Mod Home Initiative is significant in the reshaping of how municipalities approach affordable housing.<\/p>\n<p>According to Pittston Mayor Michael Lombardo, through a strong partnership between the city, the NEPA Land Bank, and the Pittston Housing Authority, this program brings modular, factory-built homes to vacant lots \u2014 creating quality, affordable housing opportunities for families in need.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a smart, forward-thinking solution that not only addresses today\u2019s housing challenges, but also lays the groundwork for a scalable, sustainable model for communities in the future,\u201d Lombardo said.<\/p>\n<p>Representatives of the NEPA Land Bank Authority include: Allen Kiesinger, Dave Balent, Joe Burke, Joseph Chacke, Joseph Hawk, Judy Aita, Mayor Lombardo, Michael McGlynn, Robert Linskey, Robert Sax, Shannon Bonacci, Stanley Knick, and Tim Cotter, who all work collaboratively to address community needs.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; PITTSTON \u2014 The NEPA Land Bank Authority was selected as a recipient of the 2026 Innovative Community&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":188220,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":["post-188219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=188219"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188219\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/188220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}